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Between vanishing into thin air and volatile tempers to addictions, celebs rocked the scandal boat more than ever before — and best of all, Star readers knew these first! Click through to find out why these stars had the worst year of their lives.

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Star exclusively revealed the shocking genesis of the relationship between Scientology's two most famous followers, TomCruise and JohnTravolta. "John literally became obsessed with Tom after seeing him in RiskyBusiness," a source close to Travolta told Star. That obsession eventually led to one of showbiz's most talked-about friendships — and faced rumors questioning their sexual orientations. And it all started, claimed the source, with a week of bonding between the hunks in the woods of Oregon 30 years ago.

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NicoleRichie's husband, rocker Joel Madden, was caught spending time with The Bachelorette hottie Kaitlyn Bristowe at an L.A. nightclub earlier this summer. "Kaitlyn was being super flirty, reaching out to touch his arm as they chatted," the insider told Star. "They clearly had a lot of chemistry."

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An exclusive Star investigation uncovered another skeleton in the Duggar closet that predated Josh's misconduct by a decade. According to Washington County (Ark.) Chancery Court documents obtained by Star, JimBob's sister, Deanna, asked for an order of protection against then boyfriend Terry (now husband), alleging he had threatened her two days earlier at work. Then, the day their daughter (AmyDuggar) was born on Sept. 30, 1986, another disturbing allegation came: "I had just delivered Amy. Terry came into the hospital room and [said] I should kill you and the baby."

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Star exclusively obtained court documents obtained on JonHamm, who was issued a 1992 summons to return and face a charge of assault in connection with his central role in a brutal hazing incident — he "hooked a claw of a hammer underneath his [the pledge's] genitals and led him by the hammer around the room"— at the school two years earlier.

Photo credit: Splash News

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In an exclusive interview with Star, the birth mother of RosieO'Donnell's youngest adoptive child claims that the ex-View cohost and her then wife, MichelleRounds, made false promises to her in order to get her to give up little Dakota in January 2013 — and abruptly cut off contact with her once the adoption process was through. "Rosie made me feel comfortable, showed my older daughter with lavish gifts and showed an interest in my well-being. It made me feel like, for once, someone truly cared and wanted to give me a chance. None of it was true," JamiWeaver, who lives in a motel in Texas, tells Star.

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Hollywood insider Hesham "Sham" Ibrahim, who has been a long-time traveler with the same social circles as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, exclusively told Star in May: "I don't want to define Brad's sexuality, but whatever it is, he's into guys." Sham told Star that Brad's bisexuality has been going on for close to 10 years.

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In June, Star uncovered, after multiple sources reported that, in January, Kourtney Kardashian's longtime partner and baby daddy, Scott Disick, left an Arizona nightclub with a coterie of women — one of who claims to have spent the night with him. What's worse, the pair allegedly had unprotected sex — and Scott, 32, was terrified he got her pregnant.

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Before Lamar Odom's overdose in October, sources exclusively told Star in July that Lamar knew his second chances with estranged wife Khloe Kardashian were officially over. "I really messed up — she doesn't want anything to do with me," Lamar admitted. "We can't work it out, and I feel so stupid. There's no way I'm ever getting her back."

Photo credit: AKM-GSI

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Obtained exclusively by Star, these sad photos show just how deeply disturbed the alcoholic Kim Richards had been prior to her downward spiral last spring, which included an arrest for public intoxication and battery on a police officer. When the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reality star could no longer afford her $4,000-a-month, 5-bedroom, three-bathroom property in the San Fernando Valley, the troubled former child star ran riot, trashing the place beyond recognition and then abandoning it.

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Star revealed Tom Hanks' drug addict son, Chet Hanks, 24, fell off the radar for a month in August — leaving his family to fear the worst. Both Tom and his wife, Rita Wilson,"agreed that they didn’t want to file an official missing persons report with the police, that it would be better to try and keep the development out of the press,” a source dished to Star.

Photo credit: Splash News

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In March, Mira Pak secretly filed for divorce from husband Terrence Howard while pregnant with their son, Qirin, citing irreconcilable differences. As for what went wrong, sources divulged to Star it was the actor's notoriously volatile temper.

Photo credit: Splash News

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Rosie O'Donnell's year not only included her daughter Chelsea running away, but also Rosie's father died of cancer. To help cope, Star readers first found out the former The View host was leaning on her new love interest, Tatum O'Neal.

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It was hoped that Sandra Bullock's divorce from Jesse James would be a wake-up call to the Oscar-winning actress, but unfortunately, Star discovered her new boyfriend, Bryan Randall — an L.A.-based model and photographer — came with a dark history of alcohol, abuse, arrests and wild behavior.

Photo credit: Splash News

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After LamarOdom was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel, Star discovered KhloeKardashian's estranged husband met his long-time drug dealer in a parking lot of the South Strip Transfer Terminal before exchanging $12,000 in cash for heavy amount of cocaine. "Lamar seemed like he was already messed up — he was sweaty and mumbling some of his words. At one point, he said 'No one cares if I'm dead or alive,'" a source told Star.

Photo credit: AKM-GSI

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On Dec. 9, a Star insider caught HeidiKlum's boyfriend, VitoSchnabel, at Manhattan's White Horse Tavern, packing on the PDA with actress DakotaJohnson. "They even held hands on and off," dished an eyewitness.

celeb-scandals-2015-pp1

Between vanishing into thin air and volatile tempers to addictions, celebs rocked the scandal boat more than ever before — and best of all, Star readers knew these first! Click through to find out why these stars had the worst year of their lives.

celeb-scandals-2015-tom-cruise-john-travolta

Star exclusively revealed the shocking genesis of the relationship between Scientology's two most famous followers, TomCruise and JohnTravolta. "John literally became obsessed with Tom after seeing him in RiskyBusiness," a source close to Travolta told Star. That obsession eventually led to one of showbiz's most talked-about friendships — and faced rumors questioning their sexual orientations. And it all started, claimed the source, with a week of bonding between the hunks in the woods of Oregon 30 years ago.

Photo credit: FilmMagic

celeb-scandals-kaitlyn-bristowe-joel-madden-pp1

NicoleRichie's husband, rocker Joel Madden, was caught spending time with The Bachelorette hottie Kaitlyn Bristowe at an L.A. nightclub earlier this summer. "Kaitlyn was being super flirty, reaching out to touch his arm as they chatted," the insider told Star. "They clearly had a lot of chemistry."

Photo credit: AKMGSI/Splash/Starmagazine.com

celeb-scandals-2015-duggars

An exclusive Star investigation uncovered another skeleton in the Duggar closet that predated Josh's misconduct by a decade. According to Washington County (Ark.) Chancery Court documents obtained by Star, JimBob's sister, Deanna, asked for an order of protection against then boyfriend Terry (now husband), alleging he had threatened her two days earlier at work. Then, the day their daughter (AmyDuggar) was born on Sept. 30, 1986, another disturbing allegation came: "I had just delivered Amy. Terry came into the hospital room and [said] I should kill you and the baby."

Photo credit: NBC

celeb-scandals-2015-jon-hamm-past

Star exclusively obtained court documents obtained on JonHamm, who was issued a 1992 summons to return and face a charge of assault in connection with his central role in a brutal hazing incident — he "hooked a claw of a hammer underneath his [the pledge's] genitals and led him by the hammer around the room"— at the school two years earlier.

Photo credit: Splash News

celeb-scandals-2015-rosie-odonnell-adoption

In an exclusive interview with Star, the birth mother of RosieO'Donnell's youngest adoptive child claims that the ex-View cohost and her then wife, MichelleRounds, made false promises to her in order to get her to give up little Dakota in January 2013 — and abruptly cut off contact with her once the adoption process was through. "Rosie made me feel comfortable, showed my older daughter with lavish gifts and showed an interest in my well-being. It made me feel like, for once, someone truly cared and wanted to give me a chance. None of it was true," JamiWeaver, who lives in a motel in Texas, tells Star.

Photo credit: Splash News

celeb-scandals-2015-brad-pitt-bisexual

Hollywood insider Hesham "Sham" Ibrahim, who has been a long-time traveler with the same social circles as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, exclusively told Star in May: "I don't want to define Brad's sexuality, but whatever it is, he's into guys." Sham told Star that Brad's bisexuality has been going on for close to 10 years.

Photo credit: Getty Images

celeb-scandals-2015-scott-disick

In June, Star uncovered, after multiple sources reported that, in January, Kourtney Kardashian's longtime partner and baby daddy, Scott Disick, left an Arizona nightclub with a coterie of women — one of who claims to have spent the night with him. What's worse, the pair allegedly had unprotected sex — and Scott, 32, was terrified he got her pregnant.

Photo credit: FameFly

celeb-scandals-2015-lamar-odom-khloe-kardashian-back-together

Before Lamar Odom's overdose in October, sources exclusively told Star in July that Lamar knew his second chances with estranged wife Khloe Kardashian were officially over. "I really messed up — she doesn't want anything to do with me," Lamar admitted. "We can't work it out, and I feel so stupid. There's no way I'm ever getting her back."

Photo credit: AKM-GSI

celeb-scandals-2015-kim-richards-house-destroyed

Obtained exclusively by Star, these sad photos show just how deeply disturbed the alcoholic Kim Richards had been prior to her downward spiral last spring, which included an arrest for public intoxication and battery on a police officer. When the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reality star could no longer afford her $4,000-a-month, 5-bedroom, three-bathroom property in the San Fernando Valley, the troubled former child star ran riot, trashing the place beyond recognition and then abandoning it.

celeb-scandals-2015-tom-hanks-son-missing

Star revealed Tom Hanks' drug addict son, Chet Hanks, 24, fell off the radar for a month in August — leaving his family to fear the worst. Both Tom and his wife, Rita Wilson,"agreed that they didn’t want to file an official missing persons report with the police, that it would be better to try and keep the development out of the press,” a source dished to Star.

Photo credit: Splash News

celeb-scandals-2015-terrence-howard-divorce

In March, Mira Pak secretly filed for divorce from husband Terrence Howard while pregnant with their son, Qirin, citing irreconcilable differences. As for what went wrong, sources divulged to Star it was the actor's notoriously volatile temper.

Photo credit: Splash News

celeb-scandals-2015-rosie-odonnell-tatum-oneal

Rosie O'Donnell's year not only included her daughter Chelsea running away, but also Rosie's father died of cancer. To help cope, Star readers first found out the former The View host was leaning on her new love interest, Tatum O'Neal.

Photo credit: Splash News

sandra-bullock-boyfriend-bryan-1

It was hoped that Sandra Bullock's divorce from Jesse James would be a wake-up call to the Oscar-winning actress, but unfortunately, Star discovered her new boyfriend, Bryan Randall — an L.A.-based model and photographer — came with a dark history of alcohol, abuse, arrests and wild behavior.

Photo credit: Splash News

celeb-scandals-2015-lamar-odom-overdose

After LamarOdom was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel, Star discovered KhloeKardashian's estranged husband met his long-time drug dealer in a parking lot of the South Strip Transfer Terminal before exchanging $12,000 in cash for heavy amount of cocaine. "Lamar seemed like he was already messed up — he was sweaty and mumbling some of his words. At one point, he said 'No one cares if I'm dead or alive,'" a source told Star.

Photo credit: AKM-GSI

celeb-scandals-2015-heidi-klum-boyfriend-dakota-johnson

On Dec. 9, a Star insider caught HeidiKlum's boyfriend, VitoSchnabel, at Manhattan's White Horse Tavern, packing on the PDA with actress DakotaJohnson. "They even held hands on and off," dished an eyewitness.